No injuries were reported to people or animals, and there was no reported damage to other structures. Authorities were ...

The Challenger wasn’t the nation’s first space tragedy. Reaching for the stars comes with a cost. But this was the first spaceship to break apart on live television, exploding before our very eyes -- ...

Scientists are uncovering new clues that a cosmic explosion may have rocked Earth at the end of the last ice age. At major Clovis-era sites, researchers found shocked quartz—evidence of intense heat ...

A report called “How Homeowners Pay More for Less While Insurers Profit” has been released by a group called Unlocking America’s Future. Texas ranks third among states for the highest premiums paid, ...

On Jan. 28, 1986, NASA’s 25th space shuttle mission, Challenger, left the launchpad in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Seventy-three seconds into flight, Challenger exploded over the Atlantic Ocean as ...

On Jan. 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger lifted off at Kennedy Space Center, carrying seven people, including New ...

Did anyone else grow up in perpetual fear of any and all natural disasters? I don’t know if it was cartoons or what, but as a ...

The holiday rush at a Queens pizza counter turned into a nightmare when an e-bike battery suddenly erupted, killing a ...

It was another catastrophic year for weather disasters in the United States. The LA wildfires in January 2025 ‒ at $61.2 billion, the costliest fire outbreak in US history ‒ helped push the nation's ...

There were 23 separate billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in the United States last year, adding up to a total of $115 billion in damages, according to a new report from the climate research ...

Kentucky has suffered a series of historic disasters in recent years, forcing local communities to adapt. Disaster-stricken towns across the state are taking steps to ease the pain of the next storm, ...